Several of the tech sector’s biggest names have come together to form an Artificial Intelligence organisation that will explore the ethics and applications of technology that could transform the entire industry. Amazon, Facebook, Google (DeepMind), IBM and Microsoft are founding members of the ‘Partnership on Artificial Intelligence to Benefit People and Society’, or ‘Partnership on AI’ for short, and will invite academics, non-profit organisations, specialists in policy and ethics to join the board. Partnership on AI itself is a non-profit organisation and will conduct and publish research on an open licence in areas such as ethics, transparency, privacy, interoperability, reliability and interaction between humans and AI systems. Read More: Elon Musk, SpaceX, Artificial Intelligence And Iain M Banks Partnership on AI The ultimate stated aim of the alliance is to increase…